Paper receptacle



0. H. HICKS.

PAPER RBGBPTGLB.

(No Model.)

Patented Dec. 6, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER H. HICKS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PAPER RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374.474, dated December 6, 1887.

Application filed May 9, 1887. Serial No. 937,557. (No model.)

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER H. HIcIrs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful IInprovement in Paper Receptacles; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same.

My invention relates particularly to improved means for securing iu closed condition and re enforcing or stilffening the edges around the openings of paper receptacles closed to shield their contents, without the employment of especial covers, by compressing together opposite edges of the opening.

My invention consists in certain details of construction and combinations of parts, all as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

Inthe drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a'paper receptacle open and provided with my improvement, and Fig. 2 a section taken on the line 2 of Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrow.

A is a coveriess receptacle of the kind formed by foldingasheet of paper to produce a flat base, r, and the rectangular shape represented, with the corners q and g formed by the folding lapped one over the other on opposite sides ot' the receptacle and secured thereto. On the opposite sides the edges of `the opening are bound by metal strips p and p', each bent longitudinally upon itself and clamped upon an edge, as shown, the purpose being to stiften the edges, which may also be accomplished by other means-such as wires or strips of paper glued in proper position and the like.

B is a bail or handle, formed preferably of Wire bent upon itself to the angular shape shown, and having its extremities inserted through one side of the receptacle below the re-enforcing substance and bent toward the upper edge thereof and secured from withdrawal. Between the vertical sides of the handle, midway, or nearly so, between the lateral extremities of the side of the receptacle to which the handle is secured, or in a correspending position at the opposite side, is a clamp, C. This clamp comprises a strip of metal or wire inserted through the side below the re-euforcing material, as shown, or through the latter if preferred. It extends into the receptacle, where it is bent against the inner surface ot' the side, to be out of the way in nesting the article.

To close the receptacle,- the stiliened edges of the opposite sides are compressed toward each other until they meet, the adjacent edges being, by preference, forced inward toward their edges, when the end of the clamp within the opening is manipulated to extend through the opposite side, where an opening, o, may be. provided to admit its passage, and is bent over, as shown in Fig. 2, to secure the receptacle in closed condition.

It will be seen that by stiffening the two opposite edges of the opening, which are com` pressed to close the receptacle, they are strengthened in a measure that causes them to remain in contact by the clamping eii'ect of a single centrally-located clamp, C.

I/Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a satchelanouthed paper receptacle of the character shown and described, the clamp C, attached to the side which carries the handle, as shown, in combination with the opposite side' perforated, as at O, whereby the clamp may be passed through and bent upward and over both re-enforced edges to form a secure fastening, as set forth.

OLIVE R H. HICKS.

In presence of- GEORGE C. COOK,

J. XV. DYRENEORTII. 

